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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

Housebuilding of the Finno-Ugrians from the Forest Belt of the Middle Volga Region During the 2nd – 1st Millennia BC in the Works of Researchers of the 18th – Early 20th Centuries

Поволжская археология, 2021
Of considerable interest in the study of the housebuilding traditions and innovations of the Finno-Ugric population of the forest belt of the Middle Volga region are the works of the 18th – early 20th century researchers.
Yarantseva Natalya S. , Vorobeva Elena E.   +1 more
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Detecting Trends in Post-Fire Forest Recovery in Middle Volga from 2000 to 2023

Forests
Increased wildfire activity is the most significant natural disturbance affecting forest ecosystems as it has a strong impact on their natural recovery.
Eldar Kurbanov, Ludmila Tarasova, Aydin Yakhyayev, O. Vorobev, Siyavush Gozalov, S. Lezhnin, Jinliang Wang, Jinming Sha, D. Dergunov, Anna Yastrebova   +9 more
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Long‐term shifts in pikeperch, Sander lucioperca, diet composition in a changing reservoir

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract As a significant piscivorous predator, the pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) plays a critical role in regulating aquatic ecosystems. Understanding its size‐related feeding behaviour is thus vital for assessing its impact. To evaluate its role in the ecosystem, stomach content analysis provides useful insights into predator–prey dynamics.
Karlos Ribeiro de Moraes, Million Tesfaye, Daniel Bartoň, Petr Blabolil, Jakub Brabec, Marek Brabec, Vladislav Draštík, Marie Prchalová, Josef Matěna, Milan Muška, Michal Tušer, Tomáš Jůza, Luboš Kočvara, Zuzana Sajdlová, Katerina Soukalová, Allan T. Souza, Marek Šmejkal, Radka Symonová, Milan Říha, Mojmír Vašek, Jan Kubečka   +20 more
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Subrecent Pollen Spectra of the Middle Volga Region and their Applicability for Climate and Land-Use History Reconstruction

The Volga River Region Archaeology, 2022
The paper presents the results of spore-pollen analysis of 47 surface soil samples from the Middle Volga region, taken both in territories with vegetation close to zonal one and in heavily disturbed vegetation areas and agricultural lands.
E. Ershova, E. Ponomarenko, L. Vyazov
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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To the Question of the Cultural Status of Early Neolithic Sites in the Forest Middle Volga Region

Археология евразийских степей
The presented article examines the aspect of the cultural affiliation of the Mari sites, attributed by researchers to the Early Neolithic. The existing theories regarding the origin of the tradition are analyzed.
Alexander S. Kudashov
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Temporal and Spatial Analyses of Forest Burnt Area in the Middle Volga Region Based on Satellite Imagery and Climatic Factors

Climate
Wildfires are important natural drivers of forest stands dynamics, strongly affecting their natural regeneration and providing important ecosystem services.
Eldar Kurbanov, O. Vorobev, S. Lezhnin, D. Dergunov, Jinliang Wang, Jinming Sha, A. Gubaev, Ludmila Tarasova, Yibo Wang   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Catering at Logging Sites in the Middle Volga Region during the Pre-War Five-Year Plans

Journal of Economic History and History of Economics
The article examines one of the most important aspects of the industrial and domestic components of the logging process in the 1930s. The work of canteens and food stations for lumberjacks is considered using the example of the Middle Volga region, whose
Evgeny Voeikov
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SEED PRODUCTIVITY OF EASTERN GALEGA IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE MIDDLE VOLGA REGION

Vestnik of Ulyanovsk state agricultural academy, 2022
In order to obtain seed material of perennial grasses in the second year of herbage life, it is necessary to create favorable conditions and rationally use the arable land in the sowing year.
N. Safina
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